Weeds Identification

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Plant type

Broadleaf

Broadleaf
Grass or grass like
Other

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Growth habit

upright and nonwoody

upright and nonwoody

prostrate and nonwoody

woody bush or tree

Leaf structure

I do not know

Leaf shape

Leaf arrangement

leaves not present

Leaf margin

Leaf stalk

none

shorter than leaf

longer than leaf

Leaf hairs

Stem cross section

square or multi-edged

Stem hairs

I do not know

Thorns or spines

I do not know

Ochrea

Milky sap

Dominant flower color

Flower symmetry

radial symetery

bilateral symetry

not symmetrical

Flower diameter

Lifecycle

Root structure

rhizomes present

stolons present

bulb/corm/enlarged stem/nutlet

Common Name Scientific Name

Common name

(86 weeds)

American burnweed

American speedwell

annual sowthistle

bladder campion

Canada goldenrod

Carolina elephantsfoot

Carolina geranium

common evening primrose

common groundsel

common milkweed

common mouse-ear chickweed

common speedwell

common viper's bugloss

early yellowrocket

eastern daisy fleabane

field horsetail

Fuller's teasel

garden cornflower

germander speedwell

giant goldenrod

green carpetweed

hyssopleaf thoroughwort

ivyleaf speedwell

jagged chickweed

lanceleaf ragweed

large hopclover

narrowleaf hawksbeard

perennial sowthistle

Persian speedwell

philadelphia fleabane

prairie fleabane

prickly lettuce

prickly Russian thistle

purple ammannia

purple loosestrife

purslane speedwell

roadside pennycress

sensitive partridge pea

shepherd's purse

slender parsley piert

smooth bedstraw

smooth bedstraw

smooth hawksbeard

spiny plumeless thistle

spiny sowthistle

spotted knapweed

spotted St. Johnswort

swamp smartweed

sweetscented bedstraw

tall globethistle

threadstalk speedwell

thymeleaf speedwell

western brackenfern

western salsify

white heath aster

yellow spring bedstraw

Scientific Name

(86 weeds)

Ambrosia bidentata

Ammannia coccinea

Anthemis arvensis

Arabidopsis thaliana

Artemisia annua

Asclepias syriaca

Bassia scoparia

Buglossoides arvensis

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Carduus acanthoides

Centaurea cyanus

Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos

Cerastium fontanum

Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

Chamaecrista nictitans ssp. nictitans var. nictitans

Cichorium intybus

Cirsium arvense

Cirsium vulgare

Conyza bonariensis

Conyza canadensis

Crepis capillaris

Crepis tectorum

Cruciata laevipes

Dianthus armeria

Dipsacus fullonum

Echinops exaltatus

Eclipta prostrata

Elephantopus carolinianus

Equisetum arvense

Erechtites hieracifolia

Erigeron annuus

Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron strigosus

Eupatorium capillifolium

Eupatorium hyssopifolium

Galium odoratum

Geranium carolinianum

Helenium amarum

Holosteum umbellatum

Hypericum punctatum

Lactuca Canadensis

Lactuca serriola

Lythrum salicaria

Matricaria discoidea

Mollugo verticillata

Oenothera biennis

Phyllanthus urinaria

Polygonum hydropiperoides

Pteridium aquilinum

Senecio vulgaris

Sherardia arvensis

Silene latifolia ssp. alba

Sisymbrium offcinale

Solidago altissima

Solidago giganteae

Sonchus arvensis

Sonchus oleraceus

Spergula arvensis

Symphyotrichum pilosum var. pilosum

Thlaspi alliaceum

Tragopogon dubius

Trifolium aureum

Verbascum blattaria

Verbascum thapsus

Veronica americana

Veronica arvensis

Veronica chamaedrys

Veronica filiformis

Veronica hederifolia

Veronica officinalis

Veronica peregrina

Veronica persica

Veronica serpyllifolia